The life of Dr. Arthur Jackson of Manchuria / by Alfred J. Costain ; with a preface by William Watson.

  • Costain, Alfred James, 1881-1963.
Date:
[1911]
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Credit: The life of Dr. Arthur Jackson of Manchuria / by Alfred J. Costain ; with a preface by William Watson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with a fairly good surface on one side of the car- Hnes, which run right down the middle. This part of the road is in the Japanese concession, and they only allow native carts on one side of the thoroughfare : by means of this regulation half the road is preserved, while the other side is cut into great ruts, as the local carts have narrow small wheels and are very heavy. When you get outside of the Jap concession, the whole road is one mass of cart-ruts, with the tram-lines projecting about an inch from the general surface, admirably adapted for playing havoc with the tyres on carriage wheels. The road, which is a fine width, was quite good about two years ago when it was made, but has been allowed to go unrepaired. Surrounding the suburbs of the city there is a mud wall [fully thirteen miles in circumference] about 9 feet high and 2| feet broad; immediately outside this is the foreign concession where the consulates are situated. All this area has only recently been occupied ; the buildings are quite new, with the exception of an old temple, and a small park has been laid out. Inside the mud wall, the road narrows and becomes worse; it is lined by